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Danny A. Klinefelter Professor and Extension Economist PhD (Agricultural Economics), University of Illinois (1979) MS (Agricultural Economics), University of Illinois (1971) BS (Agricultural Economics), Southern Illinois University (1969) Research Interests: Financial Management, Agribusiness Office Address: 458E Blocker 2124 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2124 Contact Information: (979) 845-7171 (Office) (979) 845-7444 (Fax) Email Address: danklinefelter@tamu.edu Personal Website: http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/klinefelter-danny/

About Dr. Klinefelter:
Dr. Danny A. Klinefelter is a Professor and Extension Economist at Texas A&M University, specializing in agricultural finance and management development. He is the director of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP), co-director of the Texas A&M Family and Owner-Managed Business Program, and co-director of the Texas A&M: Texas Tech Agricultural Lending School. In addition, he serves as the Executive Secretary for the Association of Agricultural Production Executives (AAPEX). He is also coordinator of the Planning the Return to the Farm Program and a member of the board of AgTexas Farm Credit Services.

Danny received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois in 1979, where he was a National Science Foundation Research Fellow. Prior to his graduate work, he spent five years in commercial lending, credit analysis, and farm management with the Marine Bank of Springfield, Illinois. In addition to his Ph.D., he also received his M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1971. He graduated summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University with a B.S. in 1969.

Prior to returning to Texas A&M, he was Vice President and Coordinator of Field Operations for the Farm Credit Capital Corporation in the Fifth Farm Credit District. He had previously served as Director of Marketing and Financially Related Services and as Director of Training and Development for the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank (FICB) of Jackson. Before his employment at the FICB in June of 1982, he had been an assistant professor of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M. He has been involved in graduate and undergraduate teaching and research. He has been selected as the outstanding teacher in the Department of Agricultural Economics three times. He is a member of the National Farm Financial Standards Council and has served on the faculties of the American Bankers Association's Graduate School of Agricultural Finance and Banking, the Graduate School of Banking at Boulder, Colorado, the Ferguson Agri-Management Institute, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governor's Senior Lending Seminar. He also served as the Executive Director of Tenth District Federation of Production Credit Associations from 1993-96.

He received the American Agricultural Economics Association's Quality of Published Communication Award in 1987, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service's Superior Service Award in both 1988 and 1992, the Vice Chancellors's Award in Excellence in 1997 and 2001, and the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in 1998 and 2002. Danny received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Distinguished Extension Program Award in 2000 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Also in 2006, he received the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Science Honor Professor Award. He is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, Who's Who in the American South and Southwest, and Who's Who in the World. In addition to his academic and banking experience, Danny has authored or co-authored numerous professional articles and publications. He is also co-author of seven books: Agricultural Financial Reporting and Analysis, Coordinated Financial Statements for Agriculture, Financial Decisions: A Survival Handbook for Farmers (Agri Finance Publications), Farm Investment and Financial Analysis (Prentice-Hall), Agriculture in the 21st Century, Modern Farm Management, and Planing and Positioning Your Business (Dupont).

He grew up on a grain and livestock farm in central Illinois and is President of the family farm corporation. Danny and his wife currently live in the country outside of Bryan, Texas.

Selected Publications:
Klinefelter, D.A., A. Oltmans, and T. Frey. Agricultural Financial Reporting and Analysis. Doane Publishing, Third Edition, 2001.

Boehlje, M, and D.A. Klinefelter. Positioning and Planning Your Business. E.I. duPont Nemours, 1997.

Klinefleter, D.A., and M. Boehlje. Modern Farm Management. E.I. duPont Nemours, 1997.

Klinefelter, D.A., and T.L. Frey. Coordinated Financial Statements for Agriculture. Century Communications, Third Edition, 1989.

Klinefelter, D.A., W.C. Burgess, D.V. Wickens. Financial Decisions: A Survival Handbook for Farmers. Century Communications, 1986.